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It’s not very often I get to draw three top contenders for the oval office in one cartoon. They’re all pretty easy to draw, too, except for Sen. Mark Rubio. He doesn’t have much character in his face. He looks like a guy who should be selling worthless training aids on the golf channel. I wouldn’t be drawing them except they all signed their names to the letter Sen. Tom Cotton composed to undermine Pres. Obama’s negotiations with Iran over their possible nuclear program. I’ve never before seen the Senate do an end run around a president who’s negotiating with a foreign power. If it has happened, I’m sure my Republican readers will inform me...

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It’s not very often I get to draw three top contenders for the oval office in one cartoon. They’re all pretty easy to draw, too, except for Sen. Mark Rubio. He doesn’t have much character in his face. He looks like a guy who should be selling worthless...

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